A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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usual temperature kept up throughout I ure of tlie crop is inevitable. To secure
the period of forcing during the night ;' such a supply, it is a most effectual
durijig the day, I make up for low night treatment to give the border a top-dresstemperature,
when I have the chance, ing,at the close of February, of charred
by sun heat. Do not be fastidious about turf. Liquid manure and water, of
a few degrees : to get it high enough is course, must !)e given also, as the drythe
main point, say from 70'-' j
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to So" and ness of the soil and appearance of the
90"^, until the fruit is stoned, then keep trees indicate are necessary,
them very hot during the day, viz. from Standards.—In Essex, I have grown
95° to 105'',
high as 110".
and sometimes even as
Of course a great deal of
the peach successfully, both as a stand-
ard and as an espalier, in a garden
sloping to the south, and well pro-
I moisture is required with this high temperature
: syringe over head twice a tected from the east and strong westerday,
and sometimes oftener when the ly winds.
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air is dry, and you will scarcely ever be PEAR. Pyrits communis. Of this
troubled with either green fly or red fruit four hundred and forty-two variespider.
Watering at the root must be ties are at present cultivated in the
carefully attended to-; very little is Chiswick Gardens, and these with mawanted
until the trees get covered with ny more are described in the Horticulleaves;
but after the fruit is stoned they tural Society's Fruit Catalogue,
should be watered plentifully. Ofcourse The subjoined list, taken from the
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the watering must be gradually with-} catalogue ofD. Landreth and Fulton at
drawn as the fruit approaches maturity, the old Landreth nurseries comprises a
in order to increase their flavo&r."— selection of choice and approved varie-
Gai-d. Chron. ties, abstracted from the mass in cuitiva-
When the blossoms are well open,
impregnation should be assisted by the
aid of a camel's hair pencil
One essential for securing vigorous
production in the Peach-house is to
have the roots of the trees well nourished.
If these are not duly supplied
tion, the larger number of which are
only calculated to disappoint thosewho
rely on them—either by reason of the
inferiority of the fruit, or want of adaptation
to our climate—the latter to a
very considerable extent; how else can
we account for the quality of their pro-
with moisture and food during the time duct here, compared with their transthe
fruit is setting and swelling, a fail- 1 atlantic character ?
Explanation of Abbreviations.— Colour— g green ; y yellow ; rus russet;
r red ; b brown. Size— l large; m medium; s small. Form—obov obovate
pyr pyramidal..
Those marked * are of American origin.
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